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I get it almost daily. Sometimes it's better than others and may not hit till late at night. But sometimes it hits in the morning. I'm 26 weeks now, but have been dealing with this for several weeks already. I've just learned to keep tums around wherever I go. Good luck!

Yep. I've had it since about 23 wks. Hoping it means some hair for this baby :) With my oldest I had tons of heartburn and he had a ton of hair at birth and never lost it. My other two I had heartburn a few times and they were both pretty much bald. Crossing fingers the old wive's take holds true again!

Oh- Milk/ milk based products and Tums are the only things that help it.

Oh yes, for about a month now. Doesn't matter what I eat or drink or how long before bed. Its pretty much a given that it hits me at some point during the night. Sometimes even before I get to bed... I just keep a bottle of tums by the bed. Sometimes I get up and drink a small glass of milk too. With my first, a certain brand of bottled water would get me every time. :/

Oh, I've been taking Prilosec for about 2 months now since the Tums and then the Zantac became completely ineffective. If I don't take my Prilosec every morning (and properly - on an empty stomach and then being sure to eat 30 minutes later to trigger stomach acid production) then two sips of water will give me heartburn so bad that I cry.

It was the same with DS (dear son) and he was born with tons of hair. While they have no idea of the cause, it has been shown that that particular old wive's tale is predominantly true. That's not to say that it will hold true for everyone, but there is a definite basis for it.

I've had heartburn since the second trimester rolled in...especially with chocolate. I carry tums everywhere I go. It was like this with my last as well. Now I'm really starting to feel pregnant, feet and ankle swelling have joined the heartburn. That means I'm pregnant.

I've had it for a long time now. I take a prescription I got from my doc. It rears its ugly burning self when I get up and then about 4-5 pm. I take my pill in the morning and evening. If I don't take the pill I cough and it hurts, or acid comes up and I throw up. It will be nice when I don't have it anymore :) My doc said not to take to many tums, it can block nutrition from getting to you, something like that. Talk to your doc if it gets to bad.

I've had heartburn since about 12 weeks. I carried Tums with me in my purse. Now Tums don't really help any more and the doctor told me to take Zantac 75. It works most of the time, but last night I coughed, throat started to burn, and I ended up throwing up. I'm not looking forward to 13 more weeks of heartburn.

Already?? I've had it since about 8 weeks. Well, worse heartburn than I'm used to anyway. It has steadily gotten worse. Tums used to manage it okay, but now I take Zantac twice a day plus about 20 Tums just so I'm not curled up crying. 13ish more weeks. I expect I'll have to switch from Zantac 75 to the 150 in the next 2 or 3 weeks.

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